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第8课：极端天气

2026-06-26 · 16:27 UTC ·Belfer Center ·1 min read

Brief

Lecture 8, delivered by Professor Daniel Schrag (recorded and published 2026-06-26), is a classroom lecture that synthesizes observational evidence and physical mechanisms linking warming to extreme weather. Part of the course The Energy‑Climate Challenge, the talk explains how shifts in temperature and precipitation drive stronger hurricanes, more intense heatwaves and wildfires, and increased drought and flooding.

Why it matters

Lecture 8 (published 2026-06-26) is delivered by Professor Daniel Schrag (Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology) and explains how climate-driven changes in temperature and precipitation increase the frequency and/or intensity of hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, heatwaves, and flooding.

Key details

  • The video is part of The Energy‑Climate Challenge, a course by five Harvard Kennedy School professors that focuses on the United States and China, covering climate fundamentals, the role of energy systems, and policy and technology options; the lecture is available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEMK8c_ZpqM).
Source evidence

《极端天气》

In "The Energy-Climate Challenge," five Harvard Kennedy School professors explain the fundamentals of climate change, the role of our energy systems in causing it, and the policy and technology options for addressing it. This course focuses on the United States and China, the world's two largest carbon-emitting countries.

In Lecture 8 of the series, Professor Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, explains how climate change affects temperatures and precipitation, contributing to extreme weather events such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, heatwaves, and flooding.

English Version (英文版): https://youtu.be/5uJuttNhBNM

Video Production: Alex Griswold, Sam Maclean
Translation Assistants: Lingling Jiang, Youting Lee, Winston Tang, Yiqi Yu, Chi Zhao, Zhuyue Zhou

The Belfer Center gratefully acknowledges Energy Foundation China for its financial support of this course, as well as the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University for its assistance with producing the Chinese-language version of the course.

Channel: Belfer Center
Published: 2026-06-26
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEMK8c_ZpqM